GlenoraEdmonton
This neighbourhood in Edmonton has a population of 6,197. Edmonton is split into 195 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Glenora a good place to live?
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. On jobs & income it is strong (A+). Schools are another plus (A). What holds it back is safety (C−). Prices are high against local incomes (C+). The overall grade lands at A−, #92 of 473 in Alberta. Nationally, it does better than 79% of Canadian towns.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Glenora grades
Each subject compares Glenora with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Glenora stand out
The 3 things Glenora does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Glenora.
Glenora’s grade for hazard risk: an A+
Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Flood mapping exists: a study by Government of Alberta. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Glenora alone.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 1.4% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.013 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Data for radon tests covers the Capital Health
Trips to work from Glenora are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average
Driving is how 82% of commuters got to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 20 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 82% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
The schools around Glenora answer to 8 boards
Counting a 3 km margin, Glenora has 29 elementary schools, 20 secondary schools and 19 schools for every grade, for 29,614 students. The largest is Jasper Place School, with 3,123 students. Results are mixed: 23 of 48 schools above the middle in Alberta, 14 below it. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 68; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlark School Top fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 463 | English public |
| Jasper Place SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 3,123 | English public |
| École Jean-Claude-Mahé FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 173 | French public |
| Coronation School Top fifth in AlbertaResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 177 | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
The force covering Glenora records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128
Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton service area, Glenora included.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 128 | 109 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 110 | 110 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 45 | 45 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Glenora’s health region
The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Glenora is well placed: 2.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Life expectancy in the region is 81.2 years (83.6 for women, 78.8 for men, 2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 0.8 km on average, with 16 within 3 km of the typical home.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 51% | 51% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Not measured by town: health survey and life expectancy (the Edmonton Zone)
Rent takes less of local pay in Glenora than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 22% of households, close to Alberta’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 77% of households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 16% | 20% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $650,000 | $400,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 22% | 21% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 77% | 74% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Edmonton metro area
Less rain and snow fall on Glenora than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Glenora sees July afternoons of 23.5°C on average. Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September. A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159).
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 423 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 179 | 193 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 124 cm | 127 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Edmonton (City))
Glenora: median age 40.4, 2,545 households
Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Visible minorities make up 17% of the population, lower than Alberta’s towns (29%) yet higher than Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 51.0% of Glenora
In 2021 there were 3,165 women to 3,040 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Glenora | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 65% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 9.6% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 69% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Glenora runs from −8°C to 1°C
December follows at −5°C by day and −13°C by night. November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 24°C and January nights −15°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −14°C | 43 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −1°C | 90 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 11°C | 213 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | 0°C | 77 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Edmonton (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Eleanor Olszewski (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Edmonton Centre, the riding that includes Glenora
Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Glenora: the closest, Edmonton Public Library Woodcroft (Westmount) Branch, is 2.3 km away
The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Edmonton Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, Glenora among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
A national park 38 km from Glenora: Elk Island National Park
Within 5 km is one beach, Accidental Beach. The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 7.4 km from the edge of town. The Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw is the one mapped walking route close by.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.6% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
47% of Glenora’s homes were built before 1961
Its 1 historic place is of the highest rank.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
- Government House 1911
| Heritage | Glenora | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 47% | 4.5% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Glenora
Government House and 56 more in and around Glenora
What there is to see in Glenora and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
Historic houseGovernment Housein town
Big drawMuseumTelus World of Science1 km outside town, to the north · 530K visitors a year
MuseumArt Gallery of Alberta3.3 km outside town, to the east
ChurchSt. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton1.4 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralSt. Josaphat Cathedral3.5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumMuttart Conservatory4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Government House: WinterforceMedia WinterE229, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Telus World of Science: WinterforceMedia( WinterE229 ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Alberta: Stella Blu, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johntwrl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Josaphat Cathedral: Odysseus1479, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muttart Conservatory: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
About Glenora
Neighbourhood in Edmonton
TownRatings splits Edmonton into neighbourhoods drawn from census dissemination areas; Glenora is one of them, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 6,197 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Edmonton
- Census subdivision
- 4811061
Glenora’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenora | 6,197 | — | A− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| North Glenora | 3,693 | 1.2 | B | C− | C− | B+ |
| West Jasper Place | 3,427 | 1.6 | C | D− | C− | B+ |
| Westmount | 4,961 | 1.7 | B | D | C− | B+ |
| Canora | 4,799 | 1.7 | C+ | D | C− | B |
| Parkview | 5,729 | 1.9 | A | B | C− | B+ |
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 2.4 | C+ | D | C− | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Glenora
Is Glenora a young town or an old one?
Under-15s are 18% of residents; over-65s, 17%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).